avalement

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noun

A technique of flexing the knees while skiing.

OriginFrench avalement →
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Meanings

nounavalement (usually uncountable, plural avalements)

plural avalements

  1. uncountableusuallyhobbiesA technique of flexing the knees while skiing.

    On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.

    1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109

Origin

  1. Frenchavalement
  2. Englishavalement

From French avalement, from avaler.

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APA

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